Donkey Derby [Silent Version]

1969 , Thorpe-Le-Soken (Essex)

Amateur record of an afternoon of Donkey Derby at the Thorpe Hall Meadow at Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex in 1969.

On a Saturday afternoon in August 1969, Clacton Cine Club member (and three times Chair) Joan Hammond records the local Donkey Derby held on the Thorpe Hall Meadow at Thorpe-le-Soken. Side attractions include a Punch and Judy show, fair games including ‘knock girl out of bed’, hoop-la, and coconut shy, and a competition to smash a piano to pieces.

Keywords

Fetes; Games; Rural life; Villages.

Background Information

This film is a silent version of Cat. 6825. 3rd Party Copyright music removed for publication purposes.

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Donkey Derby [Silent Version]

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